The Motel
“Out of Place in the Middle of Nowhere.”
Thirteen-year-old Ernest Chin lives and works at a sleazy hourly-rate motel on a strip of desolate suburban bi-way. Misunderstood by his family and blindly careening into puberty, Ernest befriends Sam Kim, a self-destructive yet charismatic Korean man who has checked in. Sam teaches the fatherless boy all the rites of manhood.
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Cast
16 people
Jeffrey Chyau
Ernest
No other roles listed
Sung Kang
Sam
Known for
Obi-Wan Kenobi
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Jade Wu
Ahma Chin
Known for
Marvel's Luke Cage
The Afterparty
Samantha Futerman
Christine
Known for
Memoirs of a Geisha
21 & Over
Alexis Chang
Katie
Stephen Chen
Gung Gung
Known for
Bad Lieutenant
Pieces of April
Conor J. White
Roy
Also in
Everyone's Hero
Jackson Budinger
Jess
No other roles listed
Clint Jordan
Walter
Known for
Phoenix Forgotten
The Rage: Carrie 2
Eleanor Hutchins
Gina
Known for
Half Nelson
Ron Domingo
Hank
Known for
The Enemy Within
Jackie Nova
Shakira
Known for
PULSE
Michael Kang Director · Ed Lin Author Nathan Larson Composer
Budget $250K · United States release January 24, 2005 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$250,000
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Chinese · English
Release dates
United States · January 24, 2005
Premiere · Source: IMDB (Sundace)
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